Al-Ahram Weekly Online   3 - 9 November 2011
Issue No. 1071
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Libya's new leader calls on Cairo
Leader of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) Mustafa Abdel-Jalil paid a two-day visit to Egypt, his first abroad since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's regime...
Muslim Brothers in Tunisia and Egypt
The connections seem obvious, but are they valid, asks Amany Maged
Expat elections
Egyptians living abroad are in need of a political decree to be able to cast their votes in this month's parliamentary poll, reports Doaa El-Bey
Salafis vs Sufis
What lies behind the increasingly bitter dispute between Egypt's mufti and the Salafi Sheikh Abu Ishaq El-Huweini? Amani Maged writes
Mubarak's trial in legal limbo
Cairo's Appeal Court meets today to consider replacing the judicial panel presiding over the trial of the ousted president, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
Disappointing numbers
The turnout for Friday's protest demanding a timetable for the handover of power to a civilian administration was low, reports Mohamed Abdel-Baky
Battle of the posters
What lies behind the campaign to promote the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces as a presidential candidate, wonders Mohamed Abdel-Baky
Over and done with
The cabinet has succeeded in ending the judges-lawyers crisis Mona El-Nahhas sees how the dispute was settled
Bibliotheca, too
The Mediterranean House of Enlightenment is on strike as well, Ameera Fouad reports from Alexandria
Flagging the record
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces member Major General Mohsen El-Fangari attended a ceremony on 31 October at which the Egyptian flag was placed on the world's tallest flagpole...
Voice of dissent
The military detention of a blogger triggers protests in Cairo
Calls for protection of Copts
Foreign attention to Coptic concerns is putting Egypt's government, and some in the Coptic community, on the defensive, Dina Ezzat reports
'Egypt can'
A city devoted to science, spearheading Egypt's economic renaissance: that's Ahmed Zuwail's plan, reports Ahmed Morsy
Another Khaled Said?
The death of a prisoner from alleged police brutality reminded the public of a similar troubling incident, Reem Leila reports
More than a game
The current slew of military exercises may offer training opportunities, but it is their political message that matters, writes Amirah Ibrahim
The pulse of history
One of Egypt's great chroniclers is recalled by Gamal Nkrumah

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